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Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in Crave's "Heated Rivalry"

'Heated Rivalry' fans raise $63K for children's hospital for Hudson Williams' birthday

The fundraiser will support BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, which the actor said “saved his life” when he was “a little baby.”

Two photos side by side. On the left, John and Hank Green smile in front of a maroon backdrop. On the right are hospital beds in the Sierra Leone Maternal Center of Excellence

The first-ever NICU in Sierra Leone just opened its doors — with the help of Hank & John Green

The Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence was over a decade in the making. A large-scale fundraising effort by Hank and John Green made it possible.

A screenshot of John and Hank Green streaming on the Project For Awesome YouTube livestream

Hank & John Green raise $4.1 million in 2026 'Project For Awesome' charity livestream

Hank and John Green’s annual charity livestream, Project for Awesome, has been a smash fundraising success since 2007.

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New study: Doing leisure activities — with high intensity — is good for well-being

The more we understand about why people do the things they do, the more they can benefit from their pursuits. Even activities like Dungeons & Dragons offer insight into the connections people form when they delve into a non-work activity.

A closeup of a building with sage green, bubblegum pink, and yellow brick details

Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Volante, a new social housing scheme in the Netherlands, flips the script on affordable homes.

As ICE detains mothers in Minnesota, neighboring moms create a makeshift breastmilk bank for their babies

Moms in Minneapolis are donating diapers, food, and time to help families who have been ripped apart by ICE.

Items in a disaster preparedness kit: A first aid kid, water bottles, a mask, matches, and crackers.

8 simple ways to prepare for climate disaster (without panicking)

Being ready for an emergency is an act of care for yourself and your community.

A close-up of a doctor taking a patient's blood pressure

Most professional artists don't have health insurance. So this medical clinic trades concert tickets for doctor's visits

The inventors of the O+ clinic call their work “an exchange of the art of medicine for the medicine of art.”

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A zip-up black jacket with blue haptic devices embedded in the fabric, the SoundShirt

This high-tech shirt enables deaf concert-goers feel the music on their bodies

Wearers might feel the strings of a violin on their arms or the beat of a drum on their back.

A close-up of a spoonful of sauce cooking over a simmering pot

9 resources to make feeding yourself — every single day — a whole lot easier

Perhaps the most challenging chore of adulthood is being in charge of feeding yourself (and your family) three square meals a day. These resources are here to help.